The Wallabies are still in the hunt for this most tense and tight of Rugby Championships.

South Africa take on Argentina late on tonight in Durban, but then there will be a second Bledisloe match next week in Perth for us to get our teeth into.

We'll be back for all the action from that game, but until then, we'll catch you next time.

Joe Schmidt now addresses some of the decisions that Morgan Turinui felt were so egregious.

"It's really hard because what we've perceived as inconsistencies and, that makes it difficult. 

"And then players are asking us questions and we get clarification afterwards. 

"But I do think that we've just got to be better at  adapting to how the referee is refereeing. 

"And if you don't do that, then you pay the price as we did today."

Joe Schmidt says that there were a couple of moments in the game that would have given the Wallabies a chance.

"I think we missed a couple of opportunities not to allow them the breathing space to respond at 20 points to 17 at half time," he said.

"I honestly felt that if we could put some pressure on and get in front, that that mental pressure would be something that they'd have to cope with. 

"We never quite did that. Damien [McKenzie] built a little bit of breathing space for them, and then we got within the two points, as I mentioned. 

"Once we got that yellow card, I knew that they would spread the the ball to width and we didn't quite get our hustle on the inside. And Jordie got a really nice offload and and that's all they need. 

"They will strike very quickly. And, and we afford to give them the breathing space to do so."

Here is the Wallabies coach, Joe Schimdt.

"I'm proud of the way we stayed in the fight," he says.

"I thought, you know, two points to go, two points in it with 10 to go, we were right in the fight. 

"And after being 20-3 down again early on again it was on the back of a number of penalties. 

"When we got our chances, we didn't quite find touch with a couple of them, which are our access points.

"But jeez, we put a couple of really good attacks together, great driven maul at the at the end to get within two points, and another positives. 

"We've got to keep building on those positives, the negatives. 

"We've just got to look back at some of those some of those penalties really, because the what really hurt us."

Let's not end our blog on that note though.

Let's end it with James Slipper and his lovely family, wife Ciara and daughter Lily, on the occasion of his 150th.

"Look extremely humbling to hit 150," he says.

"There's a lot of sacrifice that goes into it and mainly from the family.

"Extremely, extremely proud. Gutted about the result. But yeah. Who would have thought, 150."

He says that there can be some disappointment about the result, but he was very happy with how the whole week went.

"It's been a great week, the boys got around me and always find a little bit awkward around the milestone weeks, but I was pleased about was just how well we prepped for the game," he says.

"You know, it wasn't just my my milestone we had Ryan on debut and Tattie on his 50th as well. 

"We really wanted to prepare well for this game and represent those boys as well. And you know, to our credit, we did that tonight. We just probably didn't get the rub of the green a bit. 

"And and yeah, the ABs were too good."

Make that 23 years of hurt...

Here's Ardie Savea.

"Yeah, we did [have to work really hard]. And that's a credit to Harry and his men tonight," Savea says.

"We got we got a good start. But we know the Aussies, they never give up and they keep coming and coming. 

"It's a testament to them. So also proud of our boys for sticking it in."

He says that despite the All Blacks having been under pressure, he said that comes with being an All Black.

"I think the pressure is a privilege. We're All Blacks and we have the honour and opportunity to put this jersey on and play in front of our team and our nation, and that's the responsibility we have."

Here's Harry Wilson.

"It's obviously disappointing to miss out on the Bledisloe for another year there," he says.

"But credit to New Zealand they outplayed us tonight. 

"We gave ourselves an opportunity there. But yeah well done to New Zealand."

He says there's still plenty to play for.

"We're definitely on the right track, just can't keep giving teams head starts," he says.

"The Rugby Championship is still alive, so there's a lot for us to play for next week."

Ryan Lonergan has made his Wallabies debut tonight.

He's speaking on Stan Sport at the moment.

He says he was nervous about potentially making his debut all week.

But he says the Wallabies were so close.

"I think that's why it's so disappointing," he says.

"You know we came out there in the second half and we had a real shot there. And then you know we missed the breakdown there. And then we went three back to back penalties. And the All Blacks got down and took away some points. 

"It's just those small margins there. And then our discipline continually let us down. 

"We've got to look at our breakdown. And yeah you know we had a bit of shape. 

"We got ourselves back into it through the grit. And we spoke about that at half time. And yeah, you know we just couldn't get there in the end."

Justin Harrison has been speaking on Stan Sport.

"That was a very good Wallaby performance at Eden Park," he says.

"What you do is litigate the whole match. How far away were we from executing our strategy? What are the reasons that we didn't? Was it a poor strategy or poorly executed in the moment? 

"I think that a lot of the time when you look at reviews, players will want to look for singular moments and not understand that actually it's a chain of events.

"There is lots of positivity in that game. The scoreboard is the worst part about it though. 

"There is enough there for this Wallabies team to take into the Perth Test against this All Blacks side, but they need to continue to learn and grow together, which what we've seen from the task they will do."

He is asked about the referee.

But puts the blame on the Wallabies.

"Ill discipline. Interpretation of the rule book. Yeah, you can swing it both ways," he says. 

"But certainly when you're a team that is trying to insert yourself into a game and maintain dominance, if the game moves away from you in pace and execution, which is what the All Blacks were able to do, they were able to counterpunch very quickly every time, always put them under pressure. 

"They were able to themselves back in the game, get a shoulder through the contact zone and get the Wallabies putting their heads in places that they may or may not have done if they were in control for longer. 

"That's what happens when you're when you're trying to stay in touch with with a team that, frankly, the All Blacks were just 1 or 2 minutes better when they needed to be against this Wallabies side."